Updates in the Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management of Venous Thromboembolism in Cancer: Fundamentals of Optimizing Patient Care in Clinical Practice
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When it comes to diagnosis, signs and symptoms which include pain, erythema and swelling in the left leg can alert you to which of the following VTE conditions?
Which of the following malignancies add the highest points to the Khorana venous thromboembolic risk score?
A 45-year-old woman with advanced breast cancer who has completed two cycles of systemic therapy  , has a hemoglobulin of 9g/dL, a BMI of 18 kg/m2, and a leukocyte count of 14000/μL presents for a follow-up appointment to her oncologist. Keeping the recent guidelines in mind, you decide to give her a prophylactic treatment for VTE. Which of the following is a guideline-recommended prophylactic therapy for the management of VTE risk in this patient?
A 67-year old patient with known history of metastatic pancreatic cancer on first-line therapy with gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel presents with right lower extremity swelling a few days after start of cycle 3. His labs are relatively normal except for mild anemia (Hb 10.2) and mild thrombocytopenia (platelet count 132K). Lower extremity ultrasound confirms deep venous thrombosis. Which of the following is appropriate treatment in this patient? 
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